Famous Semicolon Quotes

Well, I am more partial to a semicolon myself. ~ C.S. Woolley

A writer friend who was born in England summed up her feelings for the semicolon in a remark worthy of Henry James: "There is no pleasure so acute as that of a well-placed semicolon." I guess the opposite of that is that there is no displeasure so obtuse as that of an ill-placed semicolon. ~ Mary Norris

What I want everyone to know is that the sun is going to rise tomorrow whether you want it to or not. Life is tragic, but it's also beautiful. ~ Project Semicolon

Another day.
How long are you gonna scroll down?
Semicolon
Smile ~ Sanhita Baruah

I love you like a semicolon; a half-pause in a torrent of thought during which life stutters into being. I want to take you in the breathless spaces between ellipses where passion builds and shudders into a trailing afterthought. ~ Ophaelia Automn

the American essayist Lewis Thomas on the semicolon: The semicolon tells you that there is still some question about the preceding full sentence; something needs to be added [ . . .] The period [or full stop] tells you that that is that; if you didn't get all the meaning you wanted or expected, anyway you got all the writer intended to parcel out and now you have to move along. But with the semicolon there you get a pleasant feeling of expectancy; there is more to come; read on; it will get clearer. The Medusa and the Snail, 1979 ~ Lynne Truss

I don't want to be famous for being famous. ~ Kelli O'Hara

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception. ~ Van Morrison

The problem for us, as viewers, is that we want famous people who are passionate about the things they're famous for, because that makes them worthy of the attention. But I think many of those famous people just want to be famous. ~ Bo Burnham

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame. ~ Peter Carey

Be a famous musician. Be a famous act or. Be a famous write r. Be a famous basketball player. Be famous. ~ Dallas Clayton

I never wanted to be famous. I want to be more famous than I am so I can get the roles. I hate losing the roles. I was famous more for being around people who were famous, and I hate that kind of fame. ~ Johnathon Schaech

If you're famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don't. ~ Trey Parker

Perhaps one day even I will be famous. Perhaps more famous than you."
"I doubt it. ~ Madeline Miller

Nora - Forgive me for copyediting, but it must be said - you have raped the semicolon yet again. Stop it. It wasn't asking for it no matter how it was dressed. If you don't know how to use punctuation then do away with it altogether, write like Faulkner and we'll pretend it's on purpose.
Bite me, Easton, Nora said to herself as she corrected her sexually compromised semicolon in chapter eighteen. Seriously, bite me. ~ Tiffany Reisz

I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous. ~ Noomi Rapace

Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think. ~ Dolph Lundgren

There is this power that comes with being famous. ~ Rod Stewart

There's a tendency, when the offspring of a famous person does something notable, to define them by their more-famous parent. ~ Rachel Sklar

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent. ~ Kat Dennings

I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people. ~ Charlie Kaufman

Everybody want famous, like me to be a famous director. ~ Andrew Lau

The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. ~ Tom Felton

It was never about winning medals or being famous. ~ Nancy Kerrigan

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession. ~ James Carville

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity. ~ William Hurt

People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself. ~ Vanessa Paradis

I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't. ~ Noel Gallagher

I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say. ~ Richard Lewis

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag. ~ Van Morrison

The semicolon is a much neglected beast ~ Randall McCutcheon

We're teaching young girls that this is what they should be focusing on: rich and famous girls who are rich and famous for nothing. ~ Ellen Pompeo

I don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me. ~ Helen Slater

We needed to become world-famous soon, while there was still that kind of world to be famous in ... ~ Scott Westerfeld

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere. ~ Francesca Annis

I used to be like everyone else and think the Kardashians are just famous for being famous. But I've been really impressed with how supportive Kim Kardashian has been of Caitlyn Jenner. ~ Anne Hathaway

How hideous is the semicolon. ~ Samuel Beckett

When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me. ~ Ellen DeGeneres

My most famous show is the 'Kitchen Show.' More famous than any gallery show or museum show I curated. ~ Hans Ulrich Obrist

A lot of people are lost 2016 famous and non famous, relative and friends. A lot of people have also been lost in 2014 it's a fact! ~ Deyth Banger

I don't even know how to use a semicolon to this day; I use a comma every time. And you know what? If I email somebody and they get upset about me using a comma instead of a semicolon, that's not a person I want to work with anyway. And that's how you weed people out of your life. ~ Hannibal Buress

This is what our love is––a sacred pattern of unbroken unity sewn flawlessly invisible inside all other images, thoughts, smells, and sounds. ~ Aberjhani

I just want to make sure I'm contributing good films to movie history rather than being famous just to be famous. ~ Logan Lerman

In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom. ~ Roberto Cavalli

My goal and my career is definitely not to be famous. That's a really horrible goal, just to be famous for the sake of having fame. ~ Joel McHale

I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous. ~ Kim Weston

When I go to Atlanta, I'm famous. I can get on a flight, anything. Because they're watching every show, and if you're black, you famous. ~ Bresha Webb

To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose. ~ Diablo Cody

I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s. ~ Irwin Winkler

I wanted to go hide. I wasn't looking to be more famous, I'm famous enough. ~ Howard Stern

I never pursued being 'famous.' ~ Francesca Annis

It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people. ~ Daniel Radcliffe

The thing about being famous is, it's weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people. ~ Margot Kidder

Who doesn't want to be famous? I am famous. I'm dying to be on TV. ~ Eileen Myles

Everyone in New York City thinks they are famous without being famous. ~ Ethan H. Minsker

I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has; people tremble in his presence. ~ Emir Kusturica

I had a very erratic career. I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know? ~ Colin Hay

People will go into an audition and a casting situation, and they'll see someone across the room that's perhaps slightly famous, or famous, and they think, 'Oh God, I'm not gonna get the part.' ~ Missi Pyle

Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous. ~ Dan Fogler

We argued for weeks about the existence and then the location of a particular semicolon, ~ Julie Schumacher

You can find love when you are famous if you are the same person you were before you were famous. ~ Tamar Braxton

And another small point, or two actually; Aldus was the first to use the modern semicolon. ~ Mark Kurlansky

I don't see myself as a famous person. ~ Jess Glynne

I don't like the idea of famous people. ~ Kristin Hersh

Semicolon, you dolt! ~ Jean Shepherd

You could become famous just for being, well, famous. ~ Terry Pratchett

After four centuries, the semicolon has finally achieved it's true calling: helping people wink online. :-) ~ Abha Maryada Banerjee

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them. ~ Kristen Stewart

You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for. ~ Rainn Wilson

Only traumatised people want to be famous. ~ Alanis Morissette

I certainly don't think you need to be famous to want to leave a legacy, but when you are famous, it's even more likely that your child will get the wrong perspective on your life if you die prematurely. ~ Shania Twain

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing. ~ Macy Gray

The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result. ~ Lawrence Lessig

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard. ~ Willow Smith

Is fame without purpose and is fame without talent really where we are now? People used to be famous for what they did. Now, they're just famous. ~ John Carroll Lynch

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too. ~ P. J. O'Rourke

Everyone always asks me, 'Do you want to be famous ... ' I never really thought about becoming famous. I just want to work, to be able to put out inspiring and good film and TV. ~ Kim Shaw

In a rich moonlit garden, flowers open beneath the eyes of entire nations terrified to acknowledge the simplicity of the beauty of peace. ~ Aberjhani

I handle fame by not being famous ... I'm not famous to me. ~ Bob Marley

I actually don't feel famous. ~ Anwar Robinson

I never thought about being famous. ~ Damon Wayans

I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins, and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name with somebody who either is famous or becomes famous. ~ David Walliams

I'm in that comfortable niche where I'm not that famous and sometimes people do need to put a barrier between them and their followers. When you're real famous you need to do that but I'm not that famous so I don't need that kind of barrier. ~ Tony Levin

I love singing - singing is what I'm famous for doing. Now it's turned into things I am famous for doing - like having rows with my mum or about my boyfriend, so it does get irritating. ~ Charlotte Church

Adversity turns into advantage
With the use of our will
Don't wish for less challenge
But for more skill ~ BJ Klock

Be my silence in the house of open doors. ~ Kristian Goldmund Aumann

It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous. ~ Marion Jones

When everyone is famous, no one will be famous. ~ Michael P. Naughton

It was I who made Fellini famous, not the other way around. ~ Anita Ekberg

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done. ~ Cullen Hightower

It was a lot more fun to get famous than to be famous. ~ Bill Bryson

Any part that makes you world famous has got to be a blessing, hasn't it? ~ Tim Curry

I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated. ~ Marilyn Monroe

He asked her what she was famous for - "everybody's famous for something ~ Neil Strauss

I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions. ~ Randeep Hooda

I've never been one for crushing on famous people. ~ Daisy Ridley

It's not my goal to be a famous actor. ~ Gavin DeGraw

I have only one ambition, which is to be famous. ~ Robbie Williams

Famous is celebrityism, and I don't want that ... I know that I'm not that. Everybody knows who you are. I can't imagine living that life, but I don't think I consider myself famous. ~ Robin Wright

In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous. ~ Michael Caine